Rabbit #4
Postcard size
original acrylic painting
Show will be held at:
WHERE
CityArts Factory, Magic Gallery | Orlando, Florida, USA
WHEN
Thursday, March 20, 2014 | 6-9PM
Show runs March 20 - April 11, 2014
WHAT
Twitter Art Exhibit: Orlando
Benefiting The Center for Contemporary Dance, Special Needs Classes
Twitter Art Exhibit: Orlando is
the fourth installment of an open international exhibition of handmade
postcard art for charity, donated by hundreds of participating artists
from around the globe.
While the first two exhibitions were held in Moss,
Norway, the third installment held in Los Angeles marked the global
launch for the concept by founder David Sandum, a Swedish-born artist
who conceived Twitter Art Exhibit as a vehicle for doing good through
social media and online community-building. The idea is simple: artists
around the globe receive a call through Twitter social media to create
original postcard-sized art, which they mail to a local curator, who
then exhibits and sells them to benefit a local charity. Artists must
have a Twitter account and interact with exhibition organizers to
participate, and help seed the event.
In its first year, Twitter Art Exhibit received postcards
from over 260 artists in 24 countries, raising funds to buy 221 new
children’s books for a struggling library in Moss, Norway. The second
installment received entries by 360 artists in 32 countries, raising
$4,000 USD for an abused women’s shelter, also in Moss. The 3rd
exhibition held in Los Angeles raised $7,000 for an organization
mentoring underprivileged young adults in preparation for careers in the
visual arts, attracting 502 artists from 35 countries, with a total of
726 postcard entries received.
Social media plays a major role in Twitter Art Exhibit.
It is our intention to tweet, share, seed and promote our artists to
thank them for their participation, and to make this event a huge
success.
The event will be highly publicized and well attended by
art buyers and enthusiasts, members of the press, local artists and the
community, as well as by The Center for Contemporary Dance Students and
Faculty.
